{"id":"snp3.6","title":"With Sabhiya","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp3.6","title":"With Sabhiya","units":[{"id":"snp3.6:0","sourceIds":["snp3.6:0.1","snp3.6:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 3.6\nSabhiyasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 3.6\nWith Sabhiya"}},{"id":"snp3.6:1","sourceIds":["snp3.6:1.1","snp3.6:1.2","snp3.6:1.3","snp3.6:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.\nTena kho pana samayena sabhiyassa paribbājakassa purāṇasālohitāya devatāya pañhā uddiṭṭhā honti:\n“yo te, sabhiya, samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ime pañhe puṭṭho byākaroti tassa santike brahmacariyaṁ careyyāsī”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.\nNow at that time the wanderer Sabhiya had been presented with several questions by a deity who was a former blood relation, saying:\n“Sabhiya, you should live the spiritual life with whatever ascetic or brahmin answers these questions.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:2","sourceIds":["snp3.6:2.1","snp3.6:2.2","snp3.6:2.3","snp3.6:2.4","snp3.6:2.5","snp3.6:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako tassā devatāya santike te pañhe uggahetvā ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā saṅghino gaṇino gaṇācariyā ñātā yasassino titthakarā sādhusammatā bahujanassa, seyyathidaṁ—\npūraṇo kassapo makkhaligosālo ajito kesakambalo pakudho kaccāno sañcayo belaṭṭhaputto nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto—\nte upasaṅkamitvā te pañhe pucchati.\nTe sabhiyena paribbājakena pañhe puṭṭhā na sampāyanti;\nasampāyantā kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaronti.\nApi ca sabhiyaṁyeva paribbājakaṁ paṭipucchanti.","en":"Then Sabhiya, after learning those questions in the presence of that deity, approached those ascetics and brahmins who led an order and a community, and taught a community, who were well-known and famous religious founders, deemed holy by many people. That is,\nPūraṇa Kassapa, the bamboo-staffed ascetic Gosāla, Ajita of the hair blanket, Pakudha Kaccāyana, Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta, and the Jain ascetic of the Ñātika clan.\nAnd he asked them those questions,\nbut they were stumped by them.\nDisplaying annoyance, hate, and bitterness,\nthey questioned Sabhiya in return."}},{"id":"snp3.6:3","sourceIds":["snp3.6:3.1","snp3.6:3.2","snp3.6:3.3","snp3.6:3.4","snp3.6:3.5","snp3.6:3.6","snp3.6:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyassa paribbājakassa etadahosi:\n“ye kho te bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saṅghino gaṇino gaṇācariyā ñātā yasassino titthakarā sādhusammatā bahujanassa, seyyathidaṁ—\npūraṇo kassapo …pe… nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto—\nte mayā pañhe puṭṭhā na sampāyanti,\nasampāyantā kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaronti;\napi ca maññevettha paṭipucchanti.\nYannūnāhaṁ hīnāyāvattitvā kāme paribhuñjeyyan”ti.","en":"Then Sabhiya thought,\n“Those famous ascetics and brahmins\nwere stumped by my questions.\nDisplaying annoyance, hate, and bitterness,\nthey questioned me in return on that matter.\nWhy don’t I return to a lesser life so I can enjoy sensual pleasures?”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:4","sourceIds":["snp3.6:4.1","snp3.6:4.2","snp3.6:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyassa paribbājakassa etadahosi:\n“ayampi kho samaṇo gotamo saṅghī ceva gaṇī ca gaṇācariyo ca ñāto yasassī titthakaro sādhusammato bahujanassa;\nyannūnāhaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ upasaṅkamitvā ime pañhe puccheyyan”ti.","en":"Then Sabhiya thought,\n“This ascetic Gotama also leads an order and a community, and tutors a community. He’s a well-known and famous religious founder, deemed holy by many people.\nWhy don’t I ask him these questions?”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:5","sourceIds":["snp3.6:5.1","snp3.6:5.2","snp3.6:5.3","snp3.6:5.4","snp3.6:5.5","snp3.6:5.6","snp3.6:5.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyassa paribbājakassa etadahosi:\n“yepi kho te bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā jiṇṇā vuḍḍhā mahallakā addhagatā vayoanuppattā therā rattaññū cirapabbajitā saṅghino gaṇino gaṇācariyā ñātā yasassino titthakarā sādhusammatā bahujanassa, seyyathidaṁ—\npūraṇo kassapo …pe… nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto—\ntepi mayā pañhe puṭṭhā na sampāyanti,\nasampāyantā kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaronti, api ca maññevettha paṭipucchanti;\nkiṁ pana me samaṇo gotamo ime pañhe puṭṭho byākarissati.\nSamaṇo hi gotamo daharo ceva jātiyā, navo ca pabbajjāyā”ti.","en":"Then he thought,\n“Even those ascetics and brahmins who are elderly and senior, who are advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; who are senior, long standing, long gone forth; who lead an order and a community, and tutor a community; who are well-known and famous religious founders, deemed holy by many people—that is\nPūraṇa Kassapa and the rest—\nwere stumped by my questions.\nThey displayed annoyance, hate, and bitterness, and even questioned me in return.\nHow can the ascetic Gotama possibly answer my questions,\nsince he is so young in age and newly gone forth?”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:6","sourceIds":["snp3.6:6.1","snp3.6:6.2","snp3.6:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyassa paribbājakassa etadahosi:\n“samaṇo kho daharoti na uññātabbo na paribhotabbo.\nDaharopi cesa samaṇo gotamo mahiddhiko hoti mahānubhāvo, yannūnāhaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ upasaṅkamitvā ime pañhe puccheyyan”ti.","en":"Then he thought,\n“An ascetic should not be looked down upon or disparaged because they are young.\nThough young, the ascetic Gotama has great psychic power and might. Why don’t I ask him these questions?”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:7","sourceIds":["snp3.6:7.1","snp3.6:7.2","snp3.6:7.3","snp3.6:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako yena rājagahaṁ tena cārikaṁ pakkāmi.\nAnupubbena cārikaṁ caramāno yena rājagahaṁ veḷuvanaṁ kalandakanivāpo, yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho sabhiyo paribbājako bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi—","en":"Then Sabhiya set out for Rājagaha.\nTraveling stage by stage, he came to Rājagaha, the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. He went up to the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side,\nand addressed the Buddha in verse:"}},{"id":"snp3.6:8","sourceIds":["snp3.6:8.1","snp3.6:8.2","snp3.6:8.3","snp3.6:8.4","snp3.6:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kaṅkhī vecikicchī āgamaṁ,\n(iti sabhiyo)\nPañhe pucchituṁ abhikaṅkhamāno;\nTesantakaro bhavāhi pañhe me puṭṭho,\nAnupubbaṁ anudhammaṁ byākarohi me”.","en":"“I’ve come full of  doubts and uncertainties,”\nsaid Sabhiya,\n“wishing to ask some questions.\nPlease solve them for me.\nAnswer my questions in turn, in accordance with the truth.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:9","sourceIds":["snp3.6:9.1","snp3.6:9.2","snp3.6:9.3","snp3.6:9.4","snp3.6:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dūrato āgatosi sabhiya,\n(iti bhagavā)\nPañhe pucchituṁ abhikaṅkhamāno;\nTesantakaro bhavāmi pañhe te puṭṭho,\nAnupubbaṁ anudhammaṁ byākaromi te.","en":"“You have come from afar, Sabhiya,”\nsaid the Buddha,\n“wishing to ask some questions.\nI shall solve them for you,\nanswering your questions in turn, in accordance with the truth."}},{"id":"snp3.6:10","sourceIds":["snp3.6:10.1","snp3.6:10.2","snp3.6:10.3","snp3.6:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puccha maṁ sabhiya pañhaṁ,\nYaṁ kiñci manasicchasi;\nTassa tasseva pañhassa,\nAhaṁ antaṁ karomi te”ti.","en":"Ask me your question, Sabhiya,\nwhatever you want.\nI’ll solve each and every\nquestion you have.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:11","sourceIds":["snp3.6:11.1","snp3.6:11.2","snp3.6:11.3","snp3.6:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyassa paribbājakassa etadahosi:\n“acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho.\nYaṁ vatāhaṁ aññesu samaṇabrāhmaṇesu okāsakammamattampi nālatthaṁ taṁ me idaṁ samaṇena gotamena okāsakammaṁ katan”ti.\nAttamano pamudito udaggo pītisomanassajāto bhagavantaṁ pañhaṁ apucchi—","en":"Then Sabhiya thought,\n“Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing!\nWhere those other ascetics and brahmins didn’t even give me a chance, the Buddha has invited me.”\nUplifted and elated, full of rapture and happiness, he asked this question."}},{"id":"snp3.6:12","sourceIds":["snp3.6:12.1","snp3.6:12.2","snp3.6:12.3","snp3.6:12.4","snp3.6:12.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁpattinamāhu bhikkhunaṁ,\n(iti sabhiyo)\nSorataṁ kena kathañca dantamāhu;\nBuddhoti kathaṁ pavuccati,\nPuṭṭho me bhagavā byākarohi”.","en":"“What must one attain to be called a mendicant?”\nsaid Sabhiya,\n“How is one ‘gentle’, how said to be ‘tamed’?\nHow is one declared to be ‘awakened’?\nMay the Buddha please answer my question.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:13","sourceIds":["snp3.6:13.1","snp3.6:13.2","snp3.6:13.3","snp3.6:13.4","snp3.6:13.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pajjena katena attanā,\n(sabhiyāti bhagavā)\nParinibbānagato vitiṇṇakaṅkho;\nVibhavañca bhavañca vippahāya,\nVusitavā khīṇapunabbhavo sa bhikkhu.","en":"“When by the path they have walked themselves,”\nsaid the Buddha to Sabhiya,\n“they reach extinguishment, with doubt overcome;\ngiving up desire for existence or nonexistence,\ntheir journey complete, their rebirths ended: that is a mendicant."}},{"id":"snp3.6:14","sourceIds":["snp3.6:14.1","snp3.6:14.2","snp3.6:14.3","snp3.6:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbattha upekkhako satimā,\nNa so hiṁsati kañci sabbaloke;\nTiṇṇo samaṇo anāvilo,\nUssadā yassa na santi sorato so.","en":"Equanimous toward everything, mindful,\nthey don’t harm anyone in the world.\nAn ascetic who has crossed over, unclouded,\nwho has no pretensions, is gentle."}},{"id":"snp3.6:15","sourceIds":["snp3.6:15.1","snp3.6:15.2","snp3.6:15.3","snp3.6:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassindriyāni bhāvitāni,\nAjjhattaṁ bahiddhā ca sabbaloke;\nNibbijjha imaṁ parañca lokaṁ,\nKālaṁ kaṅkhati bhāvito sa danto.","en":"Their faculties have been developed\ninside and out in the whole world.\nHaving pierced through this world and the next,\ntamed, they await their time."}},{"id":"snp3.6:16","sourceIds":["snp3.6:16.1","snp3.6:16.2","snp3.6:16.3","snp3.6:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kappāni viceyya kevalāni,\nSaṁsāraṁ dubhayaṁ cutūpapātaṁ;\nVigatarajamanaṅgaṇaṁ visuddhaṁ,\nPattaṁ jātikhayaṁ tamāhu buddhan”ti.","en":"They have examined the eons in their entirety,\nand both sides of transmigration—passing away and rebirth.\nRid of dust, unblemished, purified:\nthe one they call ‘awakened’ has attained the end of rebirth.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:17","sourceIds":["snp3.6:17.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā attamano pamudito udaggo pītisomanassajāto bhagavantaṁ uttariṁ pañhaṁ apucchi—","en":"And then, having approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, uplifted and elated, full of rapture and happiness, Sabhiya asked another question:"}},{"id":"snp3.6:18","sourceIds":["snp3.6:18.1","snp3.6:18.2","snp3.6:18.3","snp3.6:18.4","snp3.6:18.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁpattinamāhu brāhmaṇaṁ,\n(iti sabhiyo)\nSamaṇaṁ kena kathañca nhātakoti;\nNāgoti kathaṁ pavuccati,\nPuṭṭho me bhagavā byākarohi”.","en":"“What must one attain to be called ‘brahmin’?”\nsaid Sabhiya.\n“Why is one an ‘ascetic’, and how a ‘bathed initiate’?\nHow is one declared to be a ‘giant’?\nMay the Buddha please answer my question.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:19","sourceIds":["snp3.6:19.1","snp3.6:19.2","snp3.6:19.3","snp3.6:19.4","snp3.6:19.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bāhitvā sabbapāpakāni,\n(sabhiyāti bhagavā)\nVimalo sādhusamāhito ṭhitatto;\nSaṁsāramaticca kevalī so,\nAsito tādi pavuccate sa brahmā.","en":"“Having banished all bad things,”\nsaid the Buddha to Sabhiya,\n“immaculate, well-composed, steadfast,\nconsummate, they’ve left transmigration behind:\nunattached, one such is called ‘brahmin’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:20","sourceIds":["snp3.6:20.1","snp3.6:20.2","snp3.6:20.3","snp3.6:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samitāvi pahāya puññapāpaṁ,\nVirajo ñatvā imaṁ parañca lokaṁ;\nJātimaraṇaṁ upātivatto,\nSamaṇo tādi pavuccate tathattā.","en":"An assuaged one who has given up good and evil,\nstainless, understanding this world and the next,\ngone beyond rebirth and death:\none such is rightly called ‘ascetic’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:21","sourceIds":["snp3.6:21.1","snp3.6:21.2","snp3.6:21.3","snp3.6:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ninhāya sabbapāpakāni,\nAjjhattaṁ bahiddhā ca sabbaloke;\nDevamanussesu kappiyesu,\nKappaṁ neti tamāhu nhātakoti.","en":"Having washed off all bad things\ninside and out in the whole world,\namong gods and humans bound to creations,\nthe one they call ‘washed’ does not return to creation."}},{"id":"snp3.6:22","sourceIds":["snp3.6:22.1","snp3.6:22.2","snp3.6:22.3","snp3.6:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āguṁ na karoti kiñci loke,\nSabbasaṁyoge visajja bandhanāni;\nSabbattha na sajjatī vimutto,\nNāgo tādi pavuccate tathattā”ti.","en":"They do nothing monstrous at all in the world,\ndiscarding all yokes and bonds,\neverywhere not stuck, freed:\none such is rightly called ‘giant’.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:23","sourceIds":["snp3.6:23.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako …pe… bhagavantaṁ uttariṁ pañhaṁ apucchi—","en":"And then Sabhiya asked another question:"}},{"id":"snp3.6:24","sourceIds":["snp3.6:24.1","snp3.6:24.2","snp3.6:24.3","snp3.6:24.4","snp3.6:24.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kaṁ khettajinaṁ vadanti buddhā,\n(iti sabhiyo)\nKusalaṁ kena kathañca paṇḍitoti;\nMuni nāma kathaṁ pavuccati,\nPuṭṭho me bhagavā byākarohi”.","en":"“Who is a ‘field-victor’ according to the Buddhas?”\nsaid Sabhiya,\n“Why is one ‘skillful’, and how ‘an astute scholar’?\nHow is one declared to be a ‘sage’?\nMay the Buddha please answer my question.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:25","sourceIds":["snp3.6:25.1","snp3.6:25.2","snp3.6:25.3","snp3.6:25.4","snp3.6:25.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Khettāni viceyya kevalāni,\n(sabhiyāti bhagavā)\nDibbaṁ mānusakañca brahmakhettaṁ;\nSabbakhettamūlabandhanā pamutto,\nKhettajino tādi pavuccate tathattā.","en":"“They are victors on the fields of deeds in their entirety,”\nsaid the Buddha to Sabhiya,\n“the fields of gods, humans, and divinities;\nreleased from the root bondage to all fields:\none such is rightly called ‘field-victor’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:26","sourceIds":["snp3.6:26.1","snp3.6:26.2","snp3.6:26.3","snp3.6:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kosāni viceyya kevalāni,\nDibbaṁ mānusakañca brahmakosaṁ;\nSabbakosamūlabandhanā pamutto,\nKusalo tādi pavuccate tathattā.","en":"They have examined the coffers in their entirety,\nthe coffers of gods, humans, and divinities;\nreleased from the root bondage to all coffers:\none such is rightly called ‘skillful’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:27","sourceIds":["snp3.6:27.1","snp3.6:27.2","snp3.6:27.3","snp3.6:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dubhayāni viceyya paṇḍarāni,\nAjjhattaṁ bahiddhā ca suddhipañño;\nKaṇhaṁ sukkaṁ upātivatto,\nPaṇḍito tādi pavuccate tathattā.","en":"They have examined whiteness\nboth inside and out; understanding purity,\nthey have left dark and bright behind:\none such is rightly called ‘an astute scholar’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:28","sourceIds":["snp3.6:28.1","snp3.6:28.2","snp3.6:28.3","snp3.6:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asatañca satañca ñatvā dhammaṁ,\nAjjhattaṁ bahiddhā ca sabbaloke;\nDevamanussehi pūjanīyo,\nSaṅgaṁ jālamaticca so munī”ti.","en":"Understanding the nature of the bad and the good\ninside and out in the whole world;\none worthy of honor by gods and humans,\nwho has escaped from the net and the chain: that is a sage.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:29","sourceIds":["snp3.6:29.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako …pe… bhagavantaṁ uttariṁ pañhaṁ apucchi—","en":"And then Sabhiya asked another question:"}},{"id":"snp3.6:30","sourceIds":["snp3.6:30.1","snp3.6:30.2","snp3.6:30.3","snp3.6:30.4","snp3.6:30.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁpattinamāhu vedaguṁ,\n(iti sabhiyo)\nAnuviditaṁ kena kathañca viriyavāti;\nĀjāniyo kinti nāma hoti,\nPuṭṭho me bhagavā byākarohi”.","en":"“What must one attain to be called ‘knowledge master’?”\nsaid Sabhiya,\n“Why is one ‘studied’, and how is one ‘heroic’?\nHow to gain the name ‘thoroughbred’?\nMay the Buddha please answer my question.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:31","sourceIds":["snp3.6:31.1","snp3.6:31.2","snp3.6:31.3","snp3.6:31.4","snp3.6:31.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Vedāni viceyya kevalāni,\n(sabhiyāti bhagavā)\nSamaṇānaṁ yānidhatthi brāhmaṇānaṁ;\nSabbavedanāsu vītarāgo,\nSabbaṁ vedamaticca vedagū so.","en":"“They have examined knowledges in their entirety,”\nsaid the Buddha to Sabhiya,\n“those that are current among ascetics and brahmins;\nrid of greed for all feelings,\nhaving left all knowledges behind: that is a knowledge master."}},{"id":"snp3.6:32","sourceIds":["snp3.6:32.1","snp3.6:32.2","snp3.6:32.3","snp3.6:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anuvicca papañcanāmarūpaṁ,\nAjjhattaṁ bahiddhā ca rogamūlaṁ;\nSabbarogamūlabandhanā pamutto,\nAnuvidito tādi pavuccate tathattā.","en":"Having studied proliferation and name & form\ninside and out—the root of disease;\nreleased from the root bondage to all disease:\none such is rightly called ‘studied’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:33","sourceIds":["snp3.6:33.1","snp3.6:33.2","snp3.6:33.3","snp3.6:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Virato idha sabbapāpakehi,\nNirayadukkhaṁ aticca viriyavāso;\nSo vīriyavā padhānavā,\nDhīro tādi pavuccate tathattā.","en":"Refraining from all evil here,\nheroic, he escapes from the suffering of hell;\nhe is heroic and energetic:\none such is rightly called ‘hero’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:34","sourceIds":["snp3.6:34.1","snp3.6:34.2","snp3.6:34.3","snp3.6:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassassu lunāni bandhanāni,\nAjjhattaṁ bahiddhā ca saṅgamūlaṁ;\nSabbasaṅgamūlabandhanā pamutto,\nĀjāniyo tādi pavuccate tathattā”ti.","en":"Whoever’s bonds are cut,\nthe root of clinging inside and out;\nreleased from the root bondage to all clinging:\none such is rightly called ‘thoroughbred’.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:35","sourceIds":["snp3.6:35.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako …pe… bhagavantaṁ uttariṁ pañhaṁ apucchi—","en":"And then Sabhiya asked another question:"}},{"id":"snp3.6:36","sourceIds":["snp3.6:36.1","snp3.6:36.2","snp3.6:36.3","snp3.6:36.4","snp3.6:36.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁpattinamāhu sottiyaṁ,\n(iti sabhiyo)\nAriyaṁ kena kathañca caraṇavāti;\nParibbājako kinti nāma hoti,\nPuṭṭho me bhagavā byākarohi”.","en":"“What must one attain to be called ‘scholar’?”\nsaid Sabhiya,\n“Why is one ‘noble’, and how is one ‘well conducted’?\nHow to gain the name ‘wanderer’?\nMay the Buddha please answer my question.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:37","sourceIds":["snp3.6:37.1","snp3.6:37.2","snp3.6:37.3","snp3.6:37.4","snp3.6:37.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sutvā sabbadhammaṁ abhiññāya loke,\n(sabhiyāti bhagavā)\nSāvajjānavajjaṁ yadatthi kiñci;\nAbhibhuṁ akathaṅkathiṁ vimuttaṁ,\nAnighaṁ sabbadhimāhu sottiyoti.","en":"“One who has learned every teaching,”\nsaid the Buddha to Sabhiya,\n“and has known for themselves what in the world is blameworthy and blameless;\na vanquisher, decided, liberated,\nuntroubled everywhere: they call them ‘scholar’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:38","sourceIds":["snp3.6:38.1","snp3.6:38.2","snp3.6:38.3","snp3.6:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chetvā āsavāni ālayāni,\nVidvā so na upeti gabbhaseyyaṁ;\nSaññaṁ tividhaṁ panujja paṅkaṁ,\nKappaṁ neti tamāhu ariyoti.","en":"Having cut off defilements and clingings,\nbeing wise, they enter no womb.\nThey’ve cast aside the bog of the three perceptions,\nthe one they call ‘noble’ does not return to creation."}},{"id":"snp3.6:39","sourceIds":["snp3.6:39.1","snp3.6:39.2","snp3.6:39.3","snp3.6:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo idha caraṇesu pattipatto,\nKusalo sabbadā ājānāti dhammaṁ;\nSabbattha na sajjati vimuttacitto,\nPaṭighā yassa na santi caraṇavā so.","en":"One here who is accomplished and skillful in all forms of good conduct;\nalways understanding the teaching,\neverywhere not stuck, freed in mind,\nwho has no aversion: they are ‘well-conducted’."}},{"id":"snp3.6:40","sourceIds":["snp3.6:40.1","snp3.6:40.2","snp3.6:40.3","snp3.6:40.4","snp3.6:40.5","snp3.6:40.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dukkhavepakkaṁ yadatthi kammaṁ,\nUddhamadho tiriyaṁ vāpi majjhe;\nParibbājayitvā pariññacārī,\nMāyaṁ mānamathopi lobhakodhaṁ;\nPariyantamakāsi nāmarūpaṁ,\nTaṁ paribbājakamāhu pattipattan”ti.","en":"They wander full of wisdom,\nhaving banished any deed that results in suffering,\ndeceit and conceit, as well as greed and anger,\nabove, below, all round, between.\nThey have made a limit on name and form;\nthe one they call a ‘wanderer’ has reached their destination.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:41","sourceIds":["snp3.6:41.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā attamano pamudito udaggo pītisomanassajāto uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi:","en":"And then, having approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, uplifted and elated, full of rapture and happiness, Sabhiya rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and extolled the Buddha in his presence with fitting verses:"}},{"id":"snp3.6:42","sourceIds":["snp3.6:42.1","snp3.6:42.2","snp3.6:42.3","snp3.6:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yāni ca tīṇi yāni ca saṭṭhi,\nSamaṇappavādasitāni bhūripañña;\nSaññakkharasaññanissitāni,\nOsaraṇāni vineyya oghatamagā.","en":"“O one of vast wisdom, there are three and sixty opinions\nbased on the doctrines of ascetics:\nthey are expressions of perception, based on perception.\nHaving dispelled them all, you passed over the dark flood."}},{"id":"snp3.6:43","sourceIds":["snp3.6:43.1","snp3.6:43.2","snp3.6:43.3","snp3.6:43.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Antagūsi pāragū dukkhassa,\nArahāsi sammāsambuddho khīṇāsavaṁ taṁ maññe;\nJutimā mutimā pahūtapañño,\nDukkhassantakara atāresi maṁ.","en":"You have gone to the end, gone beyond suffering,\nyou are perfected, a fully awakened Buddha; I think you have ended defilements.\nBrilliant, thoughtful, abounding in wisdom,\nender of suffering—you brought me across!"}},{"id":"snp3.6:44","sourceIds":["snp3.6:44.1","snp3.6:44.2","snp3.6:44.3","snp3.6:44.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ me kaṅkhitamaññāsi,\nVicikicchā maṁ tārayi namo te;\nMuni monapathesu pattipatta,\nAkhila ādiccabandhu soratosi.","en":"When you understood my uncertainty,\nyou brought me beyond doubt—homage to you!\nA sage, accomplished in the ways of sagacity,\nyou are gentle, not hardhearted, O Kinsman of the Sun."}},{"id":"snp3.6:45","sourceIds":["snp3.6:45.1","snp3.6:45.2","snp3.6:45.3","snp3.6:45.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yā me kaṅkhā pure āsi,\nTaṁ me byākāsi cakkhumā;\nAddhā munīsi sambuddho,\nNatthi nīvaraṇā tava.","en":"Any doubts that I once had,\nyou have answered for me, O Clear-eyed One.\nClearly you are a sage, an Awakened One,\nthere are no hindrances in you."}},{"id":"snp3.6:46","sourceIds":["snp3.6:46.1","snp3.6:46.2","snp3.6:46.3","snp3.6:46.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upāyāsā ca te sabbe,\nViddhastā vinaḷīkatā;\nSītibhūto damappatto,\nDhitimā saccanikkamo.","en":"All your distress\nis blown away and mown down.\nCooled, tamed, steadfast:\ntruth is your strength."}},{"id":"snp3.6:47","sourceIds":["snp3.6:47.1","snp3.6:47.2","snp3.6:47.3","snp3.6:47.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa te nāganāgassa,\nMahāvīrassa bhāsato;\nSabbe devānumodanti,\nUbho nāradapabbatā.","en":"O giant among giants, O great hero,\nwhen you are speaking\nall the gods rejoice,\nincluding both Nārada and Pabbata."}},{"id":"snp3.6:48","sourceIds":["snp3.6:48.1","snp3.6:48.2","snp3.6:48.3","snp3.6:48.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Namo te purisājañña,\nNamo te purisuttama;\nSadevakasmiṁ lokasmiṁ,\nNatthi te paṭipuggalo.","en":"Homage to you, O thoroughbred!\nHomage to you, supreme among men!\nIn the world with its gods,\nyou have no rival."}},{"id":"snp3.6:49","sourceIds":["snp3.6:49.1","snp3.6:49.2","snp3.6:49.3","snp3.6:49.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tuvaṁ buddho tuvaṁ satthā,\nTuvaṁ mārābhibhū muni;\nTuvaṁ anusaye chetvā,\nTiṇṇo tāresimaṁ pajaṁ.","en":"You are the Buddha, you are the Teacher,\nyou are the sage who has overcome Māra;\nyou have cut off the underlying tendencies,\nyou’ve crossed over, and you bring humanity across."}},{"id":"snp3.6:50","sourceIds":["snp3.6:50.1","snp3.6:50.2","snp3.6:50.3","snp3.6:50.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upadhī te samatikkantā,\nĀsavā te padālitā;\nSīhosi anupādāno,\nPahīnabhayabheravo.","en":"You have transcended attachments,\nyour defilements are shattered;\nyou are a lion free of grasping,\nwith fear and dread given up."}},{"id":"snp3.6:51","sourceIds":["snp3.6:51.1","snp3.6:51.2","snp3.6:51.3","snp3.6:51.4","snp3.6:51.5","snp3.6:51.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puṇḍarīkaṁ yathā vaggu,\nToye na upalimpati;\nEvaṁ puññe ca pāpe ca,\nUbhaye tvaṁ na limpasi;\nPāde vīra pasārehi,\nSabhiyo vandati satthuno”ti.","en":"Like a graceful lotus\nto which water does not stick,\nso both good and evil\ndo not stick to you.\nStretch out your feet, great hero:\nSabhiya bows to the Teacher.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:52","sourceIds":["snp3.6:52.1","snp3.6:52.2","snp3.6:52.3","snp3.6:52.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bhante …pe…\nesāhaṁ bhagavantaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca;\nlabheyyāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ, labheyyaṁ upasampadan”ti.","en":"Then the wanderer Sabhiya bowed with his head to the Buddha’s feet and said,\n“Excellent, sir! Excellent! …\nI go for refuge to the Buddha, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.\nSir, may I receive the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence?”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:53","sourceIds":["snp3.6:53.1","snp3.6:53.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo kho, sabhiya, aññatitthiyapubbo imasmiṁ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhati pabbajjaṁ, ākaṅkhati upasampadaṁ, so cattāro māse parivasati; catunnaṁ māsānaṁ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti, upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya.\nApi ca mettha puggalavemattatā viditā”ti.","en":"“Sabhiya, if someone formerly ordained in another sect wishes to take the going forth, the ordination in this teaching and training, they must spend four months on probation. When four months have passed, if the mendicants are satisfied, they’ll give the going forth, the ordination into monkhood.\nHowever, I recognize individual differences in this matter.”"}},{"id":"snp3.6:54","sourceIds":["snp3.6:54.1","snp3.6:54.2","snp3.6:54.3","snp3.6:54.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sace, bhante, aññatitthiyapubbā imasmiṁ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhantā pabbajjaṁ, ākaṅkhantā upasampadaṁ cattāro māse parivasanti, catunnaṁ māsānaṁ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti, upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya, ahaṁ cattāri vassāni parivasissāmi; catunnaṁ vassānaṁ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājentu upasampādentu bhikkhubhāvāyā”ti.\nAlattha kho sabhiyo paribbājako bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ alattha upasampadaṁ …pe…\naññataro kho panāyasmā sabhiyo arahataṁ ahosīti.\nSabhiyasuttaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"“Sir, if four months probation are required in such a case, I’ll spend four years on probation. When four years have passed, if the mendicants are satisfied, let them give me the going forth, the ordination into monkhood.”\nAnd the wanderer Sabhiya received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence.\nAnd Venerable Sabhiya became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp3.6/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}